diff --git a/kdc/config.c b/kdc/config.c
index 640d9458e..327dd7ccf 100644
--- a/kdc/config.c
+++ b/kdc/config.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ char *database;
 HDB *db;
 char *port_str;
 int enable_http = -1;
+krb5_boolean encode_as_rep_as_tgs_rep; /* bug compatibility */
 
 #ifdef KRB4
 char *v4_realm;
@@ -192,6 +193,10 @@ configure(int argc, char **argv)
     }
 #endif
 
+    encode_as_rep_as_tgs_rep = krb5_config_get_bool(context, cf, "kdc", 
+						    "encode_as_rep_as_tgs_rep", 
+						    NULL);
+
     kdc_warn_pwexpire = krb5_config_get_time (context, cf,
 					      "kdc",
 					      "kdc_warn_pwexpire",
diff --git a/kdc/kdc_locl.h b/kdc/kdc_locl.h
index e34ffe7ec..fe72f1ad4 100644
--- a/kdc/kdc_locl.h
+++ b/kdc/kdc_locl.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ extern char *database;
 extern HDB *db;
 extern char *port_str;
 extern int enable_http;
+extern krb5_boolean encode_as_rep_as_tgs_rep;
 
 #ifdef KRB4
 extern char *v4_realm;